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Symbiosis (mutualism) appears in fiction, especially science fiction, as a plot device. It is distinguished from parasitism in fiction, a similar theme, by

Star Trek has used fictional legal constraints and consequences as a plot device both as a parable for contemporary society in the real world, and to

one of the main villains and the Tammany Hall political machine as a plot device. The story retells Alan Scott's origin, with Kyle Rayner in the role

terrorism, assassination, sabotage and warfare. They are a frequent plot device in thriller and action films as they offer a way of imparting a dramatic

officer who tends to break (or at least bend) the rules. Another frequent plot device of this genre is placing one of the partners in an unfamiliar setting

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Made-for-television films are listed separately. There is also a list

strong evidence of this connection. Analysts note that Rosaline acts as a plot device, by motivating Romeo to sneak into the Capulet party where he will meet

the Polish film Kingsajz by Juliusz Machulski, where it was a major plot device. Polo-Cockta on its manufacturer's website "Televizija Slovenija". v

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Works of fiction have employed Schrödinger's thought experiment as plot device and as metaphor, in genres from apocalyptic science fiction to young-adult

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"flyboy" who is trying to find the saboteurs of a "silent" aircraft. The plot device of a "noiseless" or stealthy aircraft is a familiar theme in aviation

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Twinkle in 2010. The anthropomorphisation of the Jewelpet serve as a plot device for this series. A rerun show titled Jewelpet Magical Change: Dream Selection

Jon Benjamin. "Kaboom" saw the filling in of the Pawnee pit, a focal plot device in Parks and Recreation since the first episode. As part of a multi-network

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characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "Shamata to play in CBC TV drama". The Globe and Mail, July 16, 1980

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characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Canby, Vincent (19 May 1982). "'RACE D'EP' LINKS PHOTOGRAPHY AND SEXUALITY"

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Russo (1987), pp. 6–7. For rebuttal of Russo's claim, see, e.g., Dixon

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characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Teddy Award - Coming Out. Retrieved 3 December 2016 "Common Threads:

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "La garçonne". IMDb. Retrieved 25 November 2023. "Leblebici horhor"

the song reached number 88. It was featured heavily, and served as a plot device, in the 2016 American television series BrainDead and the Season 4 episode

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Thomas Waugh Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Richard Meran Barsam Nonfiction Film: A Critical History, p. 369, at

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built today, it violates no physical principles. Plot device: An example of an unsupported plot device is scrith, the material used to construct Ringworld

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory used the Everlasting Gobstopper as a plot device in which Wonka's business rival Slugworth attempts to bribe the children

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traditional English ballads. These two ballads share the same basic plot device in which the English folk hero Robin Hood meets a beggar. "Robin Hood

features Carr's series detective Gideon Fell, though not Carr's signature plot device of a locked-room mystery. Mr. Justice Ireton believes that, when presented

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characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Stevan Lekitsch (6 June 2011). CINE ARCO-ÍRIS: 100 anos de cinema LGBT

presented censorship issues with the Motion Picture Production Code. A plot device which structured the story around author Flaubert's obscenity trial was

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "VESTIDA DE AZUL (1983)". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on

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characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Canby, Vincent (11 April 1984). "IMPROPER CONDUCT,' EXILES INDICT CASTRO

bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Do the Right Thing wins honors

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characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Darren, p. 38 "Micheline Carvel - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved

to that of Pillow Talk in that it includes mistaken identity as a key plot device. Although not as well known as Pillow Talk, the script by Stanley Shapiro

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played back without degradation of the audio quality. A SoundScriber is a plot device in the 1952 Joan Crawford film Sudden Fear, as the brand name can be

fictional analogues: Thomas Spivy (Gull) and William Slade (Netley). This plot device was later used in other Jack the Ripper-themed fiction, including the

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "Absolutely Positive (1991)". moviefone.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018

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characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Darren, p. 38 "Micheline Carvel - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved

The bed trick is a plot device in traditional literature and folklore; it involves a substitution of one partner in the sex act with a third person (in

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "Awards for Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives"

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Barker, Andrew (September 12, 2015). "'About Ray' Review: Elle Fanning

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Marc-André Lussier [fr], "FNC : La Presse a vu… L’acrobate". La Presse

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. McKintosh, Heather (2012). "Teaching Transgender Issues through Documentary

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Levy, Emanuel (6 February 1994). "Coming Out Under Fire". Variety. Retrieved

Unlike some of Verne's other novels, it is not science fiction, but its plot device is a scientific phenomenon (Leidenfrost effect). The book was later adapted

six operas by Wallace, the work is often cited as an inspiration for a plot device in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Yeomen of the Guard in which

book's title is a reference to the inclusion of hallucinogenic drugs as a plot device in the climax. Much of the action takes place in New York City and upstate

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Glatzer, Richard (March 14, 2000). "Creature (review)". The Advocate

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Ivanova, Julia; Ivanov, Boris (2007). "Fatherhood dreams". Interfilm

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Levy, Emanuel (2008). "Berlin Film Fest 2008: Complete List of Winners

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "Afternoon Breezes". IMDB. Retrieved 22 August 2023. Gönül Dönmez-Colin

names and brief synopses of films in which time loops are a prominent plot device. For a list of films that include any kind of time travel (including

television movie. Lupoff appeared in both films as an extra. The major plot device is a time loop or time bounce, and bears great similarity to that of

characters returning home after the final victory. The play was featured as a plot device in the 1948 novel Love Lies Bleeding (1948) by Edmund Crispin, in which

a small purple dragon with a runaway imagination, which serves as a plot device in Journey into Imagination with Figment, the most recent edition of

agent. The title refers to the Vestal Virgins lottery that is a key plot device. When a frightened child approaches Marcus Didius Falco with a plea for

exist, then something similar would have to have been invented: the plot device is too useful for any writer to ignore. The fear of mind control is equally

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Gearing, Julian. Sleeper hit with a heart, AsiaWeek; retrieved 2007-12-08

of the Woods along the Canada–United States border that served as a plot device in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The island has no permanent population

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Donald Altschiller Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook, 3rd Edition: A

Writer/editor Mark Gruenwald originally created the Scourge in 1985 as a plot device intended to thin the criminal population of the Marvel Universe, in particular

progressing in the English Court of Chancery. The case is a central plot device in the novel and has become a byword for seemingly interminable legal

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Szatmary, Peter (2 December 1993). "Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema"

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Marc Glassman (April 30, 2021). "A Year too Real—and a Festival for

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Leonard Maltin, ed., Leonard Maltin's 2002 Movie & Video Guide. A Signet

place years after his own birth. Heinlein did, however, use just such a plot device in the short story "'—All You Zombies—'", in which a character becomes

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "52 Tuesdays: Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19

features a cameo appearance by Joe Strummer as a guitar player. The film's plot device of a man arranging for an assassin to kill him but later attempting to

delivers an intersex infant. The circumstances of the infant are used as a plot device for Masters to question the nature of masculinity. "The Goldie Rush"

really are. While realistic latex masks are more commonly seen as a plot device in fiction, they have also been used in real life as well. Creature suits

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Dino-Ray Ramos, "Inside Out LGBT Film Festival To Feature ‘The Boys

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "BBC - Press Office - Tartan Shorts All Over Brazil". www.bbc.co.uk

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Inside Out Film and Video Festival, 2016. Alexander, Chris. "Interview:

West Germany Gestalt intelligence, or group mind, a science fiction plot device Gestalt Publishing, an Australian publishing house GESTALT, method of

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Nancy Lusignan Schultz (Editor) Fear Itself: Enemies Real & Imagined

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Nikki Baughan, "‘1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture’: Review"

Multimedia Limited (Fauzia Arshi) banner. This 2012 Hindi film's main plot device is similar to the Hollywood films Shallow Hal (2001), Heaven Can Wait

conditions repeatedly inside each pocket." Pocket dimensions are used as a plot device in myriad media. In the SCP Foundation series of collaborative writing

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Propes, Richard. "The Independent Critic - "Beyond Gay: The Politics

the reality of 2020 COVID-19 protocols while serving the underlying plot device of walking through the deserted streets of Los Angeles. The film had

praised the performance of Garret Dillahunt and the use of a non-typical plot device. According to Nielsen Media Research, it was watched by 5.9 million households

Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines may serve several purposes as a plot device:[citation needed] Motivation, causing the characters to begin a quest

(1930), although the exact phrase does not appear in her work and the plot device had been used prior to that time. She also worked to tell the stories

1973 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The major plot device is a time loop or time bounce. Myron Castleman is an everyman stuck in

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Aparita Bhandari, "In his feature debut, documentary filmmaker Arshad

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "533 Statements: A Documentary About Queer Canadian Women - Educational

steam-powered mechanical elephant. Verne uses the mechanical house as a plot device to have the reader travel in nineteenth-century India. The descriptions

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Warbler, Daniel (2 June 2014). "THE OUT TAKE: 10 FANTASTIC TEDDY AWARD-WINNING

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Timeslip may refer to: Time slip, plot device used in fiction in which a person can travel in time Time slip recording

backers, raising over $120,000 in 30 days. His short films include: Plot Device (2011), Tempo (2012), Form 17 (2012), Spy Vs Guy (2013), Real Gone (2015)

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Peitzman, Louis (5 September 2014). "The Man Behind The "Worst Gay Movie

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "Barry Purves - 1996 - Achilles". YouTube. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 14

Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire Lovecraft invented and used as a plot device in his stories. Giger's Necronomicon was influential in the design of

Veronal, has been used as a plot device in the author Agatha Christie's murder mysteries. Barbital was also used as a plot device in the CBS television legal

sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. It borrows its main plot device from the 1932 American film The Death Kiss. von Stroheim was not happy

anime's Christmas episode also featured an early use of the time loop plot device. Kyōsuke Kasuga and his family had to move several times after being

000 copies in the UK and Commonwealth, critics noted that a central plot device in Jenkins' work possessed a striking similarity to the premise of Noël

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "Alex Strangelove | SFFILM". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Goldstein, Gary (3 February 2014). "Review: Off-kilter comedy 'Adult

his earlier failed experiments) imprisoned in a closet. The specific plot device of a mad doctor who discovers a way to keep a human head alive had been

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "Alex Strangelove | SFFILM". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18

Viewers did not see the Doctor regenerate from a previous incarnation, a plot device allowing a new actor to portray the character. Russell T Davies felt

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Karger, Fred (18 March 2010). "8: The Mormon Proposition Will Knock

attackers, Nathan Packard (Jackson Gallagher), who writers used as a plot device to establish a love triangle storyline. Levi and Bea finally begin dating

his continuing quest to find the Holy Grail. His quest is primarily a plot device, as the episode's action revolves not around the quest but rather around

fictional unpublished memoirs of Russian terrorist Sergey Nechayev as a plot device. Robert Halliday is forced by Karlis Zander to help edit the memoirs

ether) AETHER, an atmospheric radiative transfer algorithm Aether, a plot device of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Stones Aether, an object in

while Sue Haasler for the Metro thought the cyberattack was a good plot device, which led to a "toe-curlingly good" clash between Connie and Jac. The

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. BIFA (11 October 2005). "Andrew and Jeremy Get Married - BIFA - The

"No job too tough, no adventure too baffling". The agency served as a plot device to involve the trio in a wide variety of stories. These straddled the

contain the sufferers. The AIDS-like disease serves as backdrop and plot device to examine human relationships in circumstances of extreme duress. When

reality television series that uses home renovation pranks as a primary plot device. The series premiered on July 3, 2008, on HGTV. The program is produced

appears in portions of the manga franchise Yu-Gi-Oh! and is the central plot device throughout its various anime adaptations and spinoff series. The trading

A sentient weapon is a common plot device in many works of fantasy, mythology, and science fiction, and is related to the classic motif of the magic sword

In addition to its role in art, synesthesia has often been used as a plot device or as a way of developing a particular character's internal states. Synesthetes

office success. These films featured an economic concept as a central plot device; however, they lacked the economic detail and educational intent of Polanyi's

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Isaac, Tim (31 December 2013). "The Adored Trailer - Lesbian desire

David, in his 1998 film Sour Grapes, used autofellatio as a recurring plot device with several mentions and muted shots of a lead actor fellating himself

International versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show served as a plot device in the French film My Best Friend. In December 2010, TF1 announced the

idea have also been featured in science fiction, appearing as a central plot device in many stories and films, such as The Matrix (1999). Human history is

Japanese video game developer Nintendo Soap opera rapid aging syndrome, a plot device in television dramas Sora (bird), a small waterbird of the family Rallidae

black oil before the series finale, where it appeared via flashback—a plot device that plays a significant role in the series and in the 1998 X-Files movie

psychological thriller Olivia used the relocation of the bridge as a central plot device.[unreliable source?] The 1985 made-for-TV movie Bridge Across Time, a

explores this interface between human society and cyberspace, both as a plot device and as back drop for the story. Ista Kelly was the sole survivor of a

a contribution to the use by Jane Austen of amateur theatricals as a plot device in her novel Mansfield Park. He was also noted as an amateur cricketer

psychological thriller Olivia used the relocation of the bridge as a central plot device.[unreliable source?] The 1985 made-for-TV movie Bridge Across Time, a

influential movies from the 20th century. It pioneered the Rashomon effect, a plot device that involves various characters providing subjective, alternative, and

Puerto Rican Day”), stating it “wholeheartedly embraces gay panic as a plot device to a nonsensical, largely unfunny degree”. "Seinfeld Season 4 Episodes"

Chun, a Chinese martial art style and form, either as the main topic, a plot device, or as demonstration means of the martial art. List of martial arts films

Fort William Henry. In the Pirates of the Caribbean series, parley is a plot device introduced in the first film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of

reading "countless" chronicles of near-death experiences. The film's plot device of a long period of subjective time passing in an instant has been explored

in real life has been claimed, and is well represented as a fictional plot device. The most famous case concerning the intentionally deadly variety was

imaginative and daring act of appropriation". Kirkus Reviews found the plot device of writing letters to be a weight on this story: "His incessant letter-writing

a soul departing, and can capture it as it flees. This is used as a plot device in H. P. Lovecraft's story The Dunwich Horror. Lovecraft based this idea

unlike in reality. It can also be an "unnatural" fantasy/science fiction plot device such as time travel, which usually takes the form of someone bringing

appears briefly as an antagonist. In the context of the stories, the plot device of having various robots looking the same provides a certain continuity

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. "365 without 377 - Adele Tulli". www.queerdocumentaries.com. Retrieved

action deleted in the new edit. At the time of the 1962 revision, this plot device existed (and still exists) both here and in Nancy's Mysterious Letter

Michael's Larry Wolek was revealed when the bandages were removed. This new plot device would prove so successful that many other shows, including Dynasty (and

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings describes the Rings of Power, the central plot device of the novel. Akame Majyo's Time Anthology begins each chapter with an

Pocotristi Sostenuto, free to serve as a menial servant in his castle. (This plot device, of magically turning "people" into inanimate ornaments, reaches back

novel of the same name "Das Boot" (Peep Show), a television episode A plot device in the 2006 comedy movie Beerfest "Dos Boot", an episode of Dexter's

resembles Nystrom enough to enable him to take his place. A standard plot device in Helm stories is to have a second government agency working either

Louise Penny uses The Garden of Cosmic Speculation as an important plot device in her tenth Inspector Gamache mystery, The Long Way Home (St. Martin

Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Grand Duke features sausage rolls as a plot device, where conspirators recognise one another by eating sausage rolls. From

film The Equalizer because her character "felt so real", rather than a "plot device". In October 2014, Moretz was named one of the 25 Most Influential Teens

Neanderthal survivors live on as "trolls" in an alternate Europe. The plot device of bringing in a fantastic ringer to win a sporting competition is also

: 249 : 348  In 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit again used a portable hole as a plot device. Detective Eddie Valiant is able to escape being crushed by a steamroller

Hermanos restaurant. The restaurant was used many times as an important plot device for its owner Gustavo Fring. The restaurant would not be used again until

character, Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher), to tend to her garden—used as a plot device to rebuild Arthur's relationship with his son Mark Fowler (Todd Carty)

(band), a British post-rock band Fridge, the verb form of the "fridging" plot device, to which the website Women in Refrigerators is dedicated "Nuke the fridge"

"haunted-house" story. The tale uses the higher spatial dimension as a handy plot device allowing a magical exit for the ghost: "There was evidently no time to

a genre of literature involving espionage as an important context or plot device. It emerged in the early twentieth century, inspired by rivalries and

Rings, while Radagast appears only briefly, more or less as a single plot device. He innocently helps Saruman to deceive Gandalf, who believes Radagast

The first game established it as an object of desire and a central plot device that binds the three characters. Initially comprising two pieces, the

novel has sci-fi themes akin to time travel, these are used mostly as a plot device to describe the hardships of adult life and the crumbling marriage of

widespread in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was a frequent plot device in fiction of the time, to the extent that police photographed the victims'

Grandchild. There are also alternative versions and parodies of the plot device, such as in KonoSuba, where lead character Kazuma Satou dies from shock

Narrator/himself Payback, a 1999 film that features a similar booby trap as a plot device and a similar twist ending. DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight

the thirties". In the United States, films would use a science fiction plot device or character such as a mad scientist, but more closely resembled contemporary

lion. The high-diving gag from this cartoon is later used as the entire plot device for High Diving Hare (1949), where Yosemite Sam tries to force Bugs Bunny

the genetic memories of his ancestor, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Through this plot device, details emerge about a millennia-old struggle between two factions:

Teletransporter Time travel Alternate history: time travel can be used as a plot device to explore parallel universes. While alternate history has its own category

grille in his novel Mathias Sandorf, published in 1885, by using it as a plot device. Later, the German Army adopted turning grilles of various sizes during

complexity and nuanced writing, in particular for its effectiveness as a plot device to create friction between alien species as well as a method to develop

(disambiguation) Pack (disambiguation) Kit (disambiguation) MacGuffin - A plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or another motivator popularized

generations of detective pulp fiction and mystery story authors also used the plot device of secret passages. However, the use of secret passages in detective

began wearing the Natural by the 1970s and onward. The conk was a major plot device in Spike Lee's film biography Malcolm X, based upon Malcolm X's own condemnation

he is also frequently called a rare and valuable "tweety bird" as a plot device, and once called "the only living specimen". Nevertheless, the title

one prosperous owner to one of more dire circumstances. This cyclic plot device suggests the magic top hat has led previous owners to similar changes

to an end, in some works, particularly short stories, it is a central plot device. These works focus on themes such as the mysteries of hyperspace, or

point of the episode, saying "Carrie feels too much like a pawn in a plot device machine". The original broadcast was watched by 1.44 million viewers

girls from an unjust death sentence. In 1889, Mark Twain used a similar plot device in his novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. In that novel

Nazi tourism and entertainment industry for foreigners. One particular plot device, especially for mocking post-war fascination and cliches about Hitler

Fair is "a surprisingly dark coming-of-age story that took as its major plot device the effects of the 'worldly temptations' of the Iowa State Fair on a

girls from an unjust death sentence. In 1889, Mark Twain used a similar plot device in his novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. In that novel

was further developed into a fictional pub quiz machine (and on-going plot device) of the same name from a sitcom starring Al Murray called Time Gentlemen

and Trapper appeal in order to keep Frank from actually leaving. The plot device of Radar O'Reilly planting a microphone in Margaret's tent and embarrassing

an annual night of extrajudicial killings that serves as the central plot device of 2013 motion picture The Purge. James and Ruth Bauer, husband and wife

populace). However, in some cases the works themselves serve as an important plot device. For example, in Robert Bloch's tale "The Shambler from the Stars", characters

having more than one profile in genetic fingerprinting, has served as a plot device in many works of fiction. Most known examples are subsequent to the 2004

couple acquiring an infant, it was changed to Tarzan Finds a Son. The plot device was to appease morality groups, as Tarzan and Jane were not married in

her character obtains her trademark stupidity that will become both a plot device and comic focus for the rest of the series. This season also contains

removed or worn away by the elements. The statue is used as a major plot device/character in Patrick Marber's 2017 production of Don Juan in Soho starring

Forever. A fictionalized version of the Senate hearings is a central plot device in the 1974 film The Godfather Part II, featuring testimony by Michael

Plot device in television dramas

Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, jelly babies were frequently featured as a plot device in which the Doctor would attempt to ease an awkward moment or prevent

film Citizen Kane, the last words of Charles Foster Kane and an overall plot device. "Rosebud" (The Simpsons), an episode of the television comedy The Simpsons

viewers because of the age gap between them. This was later used as a plot device when Scarlett Brady (Christie Whelan Browne) developed an obsession with

loose ball cap finial on the newel post at the base of the stairway is a plot device in the 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life. The same is used in jest in

her husband. Prosecutors alleged Miller was inspired by the eponymous plot device of the film Double Indemnity, a provision in which the proceeds of a

reviews". Mean Guns, a 1997 film with a similar plot device The Tournament, a 2009 film with a similar plot device Mayhem, a 2017 film with a similar premise

of Chipperfield's Circus, although a similar concept is explored as a plot device in Angus Wilson's "The Old Men at the Zoo" which was published five years

helps them escape their dying world. Cavorite was featured as a major plot device in the 1999 first volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and

album by Kaku P-Model. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake was worked in as a plot device for the album's dystopian science fiction concept story, a sequel to

rights of future generations were the inspiration for the principle plot device in Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future. Society portal

scene. The 1958 spy thriller Spy in the Sky! uses a wire recording as a plot device. In the episode "The Relaxed Informer" (S1E24) of Danger Man the spy

by Alfred A. Knopf. and one of four Cain novels to feature opera as a plot device. Loosely based on Bizet's Carmen, the story explores the sources of artistic

4 episode 2 of Succession the song is referenced. The song is also a plot device in the seventh episode of Seinfeld season 8. Horn, David; Shepherd, John

Tales of Xillia. A superweapon bearing the name "Lance of Kresnik" is a plot device. The sequel features one of the hero's descendants, named Ludger Will

drinks containing guaraná extract.[citation needed] Guarana is a key plot device in the Murdoch Mysteries episodes "Excitable Chap" and "From Murdoch

the name of two separate books, both juvenile baseball novels. The key plot device – the advent of a young batsman who is able to achieve a walk (base on

autobiographical comic book by Frederik Peeters Red pill and blue pill, a plot device within the 1999 Matrix series in which the blue pill symbolizes the blissful

later. Christie's novel caused a sensation with its narrator-as-murderer plot device." British crime writer Julian Symons proclaimed the novel a "landmark

inset tale in the novel The Unbeheaded King (Del Rey Books, 1983). The plot device of bringing in a fantastic ringer to win a sporting competition is also

emperor through his illicit tryst with Fujitsubo, and found the similar plot device in Sagoromo monogatari "utterly revolting and appalling." Several later

Zacchini Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. Cannonball ride – a plot device used for example in the tales about Baron Munchausen and in the 1911

mouth unfortunately voiced no question there." The sword remains as a plot device to both remind Perceval of how he failed to ask the healing question

tie, sudden death overtime may be requested by either wrestler as a plot device, and it is accepted or rejected by either an opponent or an authority

character of Stimpy is himself based on Larry).[citation needed] The plot device of performers traveling via rail and enduring sleeping hardships was

fantasy, fables, and games, treasure chests are frequently used as a plot device to contain treasure such as gold or jewels. A toy chest is a type of

doesn't quite do justice to what he did. The typical Walsh character was a plot device, really, serving either as a moral counterpoint to the star of the show

tip-offs believed to have come from the US FBI. Ricin has been used as a plot device, such as in the television series Breaking Bad. The popularity of Breaking

characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device. Rosado, Ricardo (23 January 2023). "'20.000 especies de abejas', formará

Fall 1992, and Steven Sawicki in Quantum, Summer/Fall 1992. The main plot device of bickering male and female protagonists not destined for a happy ending

are updated to a contemporary time. Floating timelines are used as a plot device to "explain or explain away inconsistencies in the way that events and

utility company in Thailand Glów, a village in southern Poland The Glow, a plot device from the Scott Pilgrim comics. All pages with titles beginning with Glow

classifications behind the representation of deafness in film: deafness as a plot device, as a metaphor, as a symbolic commentary on society, or as a psychosomatic

for their next film Liberty. Stan Laurel would eventually reuse this plot device for 1938's Block-Heads. British film critic Leslie Halliwell gave the

Population Zero, a 2016 feature film with the Vicinage Clause as the central plot device Category:Unsolved murders Timmermans, Stefan (2007). Postmortem: How

López wrote Unconquered Spirits, which uses the myth of La Llorona as a plot device. The play premiered at California State University, Northridge's Little

existence by Shakespeare's time, and a handkerchief is an important plot device in his play Othello. A handkerchief was sometimes used by Indian thugs:

Schweitzer in Aboriginal Science Fiction, November–December 1987. The main plot device of bickering male and female protagonists not destined for a happy ending

one whose name was writ in water." Jess Walter uses the fountain as a plot device in Beautiful Ruins. List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Rendina, Claudio

Retrieved February 22, 2012. Ebert, Roger (February 3, 2010). "War as a plot device so we can feel good about feeling bad". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February

one of the protagonists while diving in Bushman's Hole is an important plot device. The 2005 attempt to recover Deon Dreyer's body that led to the death

a positive review, Douglas Hurd comparing it to P. G. Wodehouse (the plot device of a character being threatened by potential scandal regarding his involvement

both inside and outside the arcology. Thus the arcology is not just a plot device but a subject of critique. In the city-building video game SimCity 2000

good-natured mayhem and a crisp, exciting narrative style. The main plot device of bickering male and female protagonists not destined for a happy ending

Shinigami Eyes may refer to: Shinigami Eyes, a plot device in the manga Death Note "Shinigami Eyes" (song), by Grimes, 2022 This disambiguation page lists

featured an clamshell instrument called the "Communicator", a regular plot device, which influenced development of early clamshell mobile phones, such

anonymity at risk by aiding this deserving person. Another frequent plot device is for someone to discover Richard Kimble's true identity and use it

destroying himself. (Othello was first printed in 1622.) The concluding plot device of the corpse's poisoned kiss derives from two earlier plays, The Revenger's

benefit discovered later. More likely, kryptonite was introduced as a plot device for Superman to discover his origin. On the other hand, Hayde might have

result; although this was written to have an impact on his character, the plot device was rarely used again in later series. Glenister is the only actor in

Who Played Go by Shan Sa. Other books have used Go as a theme or minor plot device. For example, the novel Shibumi by Trevanian centers around the game

Cussler that uses the shifting sands of the coastline as a prominent plot device in the fourth entry in the Oregon Files. The plot of the 1968 fiction

(S02E05) that revolves around the painting and a modified copy as a plot device. A small copy of “Laughing Cavalier” can be seen hanging on a wall in

possibility of extramarital sex is referred to entirely in euphemisms). The plot device of the "dying clue" had been used in Queen's short stories but this is

the core incident has a legacy in literary reference, being used as a plot device in Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. In one early passage, Stiva Oblonsky

"situational cross-dressing" where heterosexual characters cross-dress as a plot device or "other non-gender-expressive reasons," especially superheroes and

about a group of kids putting on a musical to raise money. The central plot device was retained for the popular 1939 film version with Judy Garland and

be mechanically implausible. They are sometimes used as the type of plot device known as a Big Dumb Object. Dyson spheres appear as a background element

Verdict made special note that the film used communicable disease as a plot device. The film was awarded 8 out of 10 points by Tarstarkas.net. A nation

as Federation agents. The reveal of a character's identity is common plot device throughout the story line. Many episodes play on these questions. B'Elanna

The Independent also describes Oates' approach to this often repeated plot device in fiction, as accented by " Oates's idiosyncratic eye for unsettling

who seemed to regularly save the whole ship using a deus ex machina plot device. Commentators have observed at least seven times in which Crusher, "who

alliances of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 are used in the novel as a plot device to allow Blood's return to respectability. Sabatini based the first part

effect her initial trip to China were disregarded in favor of a movie plot device of an employer 'condescending to write to "his old friend" Jeannie Lawson'

short animated film Contact (1978), where the melody acts as a central plot device. Bay Area rapper Mac Dre sampled the theme in his hip-hop song "Mafioso"

discomfort with seeing the September 11 attacks casually included as a plot device in a fictional dramedy, though praised the film's performances and story

enemy tanker into their naval base through a minefield. Another similar plot device was in the 1954 film Hell and High Water about an island base to be used

The James Clavell novel Shōgun uses the Koku measure extensively as a plot device by many of the main characters as a method of reward, punishment and

Dave Golder questioned the continued use of the "season-long baddie" plot device. The Doctor Who revival has occasionally used Big Bads. Jef Rouner of

Corinth. The supposed discovery of a manuscript of the play features as a plot device in the episode "The Lions of Nemea" of the British television series

of Shakespeare's life influencing his writing is used as the central plot device. As there are few known facts about the life of Shakespeare, Mortimer

which allows him to complete jobs even when feeling immense pain. This plot device later becomes an important part of the story. Meanwhile, Q takes over

Catholic, it might be considered surprising that he would exploit such a plot device; yet his contemporary dramatist James Shirley, another reputed Catholic

camouflage technology, both visual and otherwise, is a commonly used plot device in science fiction stories. The Star Trek franchise incorporated the

Filipino teleserye Ina Kapatid Anak, which used fertility issues as a plot device. Colegio de San Pascual Baylon Folk Catholicism Religion in the Philippines

into reality, irrespective of the consequences. The Cube was also a plot device in a story that introduced the character of the Super-Adaptoid in Tales

the church in his Adventures in Architecture. The ossuary is a major plot device in the John Connolly novel The Black Angel. The ossuary is used as a

Club gave the episode a "B+". She felt that Roya Hammad was more of a plot device than a fully formed character, and questioned the plausibility of some

popular subject for Victorian writers, not only because of its value as a plot device, but also because of the changing laws affecting illegitimate children

the job he started with trickery. This unusually complex dual-identity plot device is a hallmark of many of Gibson's films, something that set him apart

National myth – Inspiring narrative about a nation's past Origin story – Plot device Pourquoi story – Narrative that explains why something is the way it

Philosophy". The discovery of a tick bite under a patient's hair was used as a plot device two weeks later in "Ugly", an episode of House. Television Without Pity

guide and was widely criticized for its use of the "Magical Negro" as a plot device. Pressfield also appeared as one of the historians in The History Channel's

living in a small rented room with her, rather than living in the shop, a plot device which allows us to see more of the city than might otherwise be the case

something "light, enchanting, and genuinely fantastic" out of a nonsense plot device. Lupino's role in Paris in Spring has been described as "dull", a view

been adopted for numerous other uses in popular culture, including as a plot device in works of science fiction, often with little or no connection to the